2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Jul 12, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog and Student Handbook

Theatre: Technology and Production, CA


CODE: THTPR-CT     |     TOTAL CREDITS: 30     |     FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible

This certificate is not intended for transfer to NSU, UNLV, or UNR.  Some of the courses may be eligible for transfer depending on the policies of the institution you are transferring to.  Students who wish to transfer should consult with their assigned advising unit.

ACADEMIC MAP: Map: CSN CA Theatre: Technology and Production 


SCHOOL: School of Arts and Letters
AREA OF STUDY: Art & Design

GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION
Important information about the educational debt, earnings, and completion rates of students who attended this program are located at www.csn.edu/gainful-employment.

DESCRIPTION
A 12-month program designed for students to hone technical skills in the entertainment industry for one of the following fields:
  • Scenic Construction
  • Wardrobe Technology
  • Audio Technology
  • Audio/Video Technology
  • Entertainment Lighting and Electrics
  • Digital Fabrication
  • Production Management
The program focuses on those skills used in theatre, film, and entertainment industries.  Graduates of the program will be qualified to assume technical positions in entertainment production.

COMPUTATION & HUMAN RELATIONS COMPONENTS
  • Computation: THTR 204
  • Human Relations: COM 115

NEED HELP WITH THIS DEGREE OR SELECTING A COURSE?

  • For advising assistance, log into MyCSN, and access your advising unit’s information from the advising notice in the communication center.
  • If you are on academic warning, probation or suspension, or financial aid warning or suspension, please see an Academic Counselor by visiting Counseling and Retention Services.

 

Student Learning Outcomes


  1. Communicate with professional designers and technicians in the entertainment industry.
  2. Identify hierarchy and structure of scenic, wardrobe, lighting, or sound production roles to support events in the performing arts.
  3. Analyze the production process for events through written communication.
  4. Demonstrate applied knowledge and skills to set up, maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot equipment used in theatrical and film environments.
  5. Obtain OSHA certifications for working as technicians in the entertainment industry.
  6. Prepare for professional careers as technicians in the entertainment industry.

General Education Requirements


TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 3


Communications (3 Credits)


Major Requirements


TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 27


Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in a Certificate of Achievement program will not count toward graduation requirements.